Wyze, a small smart-tech company built on affordable gadgets and lean startup hustle, just got walloped by the President’s tariff crusade.
They imported $167,000 worth of floodlights. Then came the bill: $255,000 in tariffs.
That’s not a typo. That’s a 152% penalty—for daring to do business in the global economy.
Wyze didn’t whine. They posted it, plain as day:
“That’s more than any of our founders were paid last year.”
Meanwhile, the folks in D.C. pushing this mess call it “patriotic.”
Funny, nothing says America First like crippling American companies trying to keep the lights on—literally.
Let’s be clear: Wyze paid the tariff. Not China.
And when Wyze gets hit, their customers get hit.
That’s your porch light, your door camera, your wallet.
This isn’t economic strategy—it’s economic sabotage dressed up like a photo op.
While billion-dollar corporations get carve-outs and trade lawyers, companies like Wyze are left holding the bag—and it’s on fire.
Tariffs like these don’t punish Beijing.
They punish the people trying to build the next great American company from a garage or a coworking space in Seattle.
This isn’t a trade war. It’s a con game.
And it’s not just Wyze getting hustled—it’s all of us.